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"Everything Is Rotting": in Saintes, the Floods Are Coming to the Heart of the Municipalities

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Nearly 1,500 flooded houses, 400 affected companies and a bill already over 1.5 million euros: in Saintes, the flood of the Charente has upset the city... and stopped the municipal campaign net.

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Nearly 1,500 flooded houses, 400 affected companies and a bill already over 1.5 million euros: in Saintes, the flood of the Charente has upset the city... and stopped the municipal campaign net.

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At the end of February, Saintes, a small town in Charente-Maritime, was completely submerged by torrential rains. Whole neighborhoods were plunged under the water and more than 1,300 houses were flooded. If today the water has withdrawn, it gives way to a reconstruction that looks long and laborious.

Election dream, "truncated" campaign: in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, the exceptional February flood monopolizes the debate and the candidates to the municipalities compete with ideas to adapt the city to an "inevitable" r...

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franceinfo.fr broke the news in on Friday, March 6, 2026.
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